No Fear of the Future
A nexus of speculative word and thought
Monday, September 6, 2010
George B. Cressey, Pulp Geographer
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As is usually the way with Wikipedia, its entry on George B. Cressey (1896-1963) has the basics but not the good stuff. To paraphrase Mark...
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Homo Ingenious
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On the Braes Bayou hike and bike trail, I was passed by a fellow on what looked like a cross between a skateboard and a Nordic Track. He was...
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Flying Saucers Over Austin!
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Over the past few weeks, as I biked through the intersection of 53rd and Clarkson in the hours after sunset, I noticed a couple of guys stan...
Friday, September 3, 2010
The strange, true case of Dolly Oesterreich.
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The superiority of life to art lies in the fact that life doesn't need to be "coherent" or even "believable." It do...
Thursday, September 2, 2010
The female private detective of 1921, in her own words.
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From the Kansas City Star , reprinted in the Japan Advertiser , 28 Aug. 1921: WOMEN MAKE BETTER SLEUTHS THAN MEN, SAYS AGENCY HEAD "Ma...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Japanese female private detectives.
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Following up on yesterday's entry , here's an excerpt from an article of the Japan Advertiser, 12 Jan. 1922, on female private detec...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
The Iwai Private Detective Agency
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That advertisement appeared in The Japan Advertiser of Tokyo, 20 October, 1921. As far as I can tell, the Iwai Agency existed in Tokyo since...
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